Ampelopteris prolifera
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Family Thelypteridaceae
Taxonomy: Ampelopteris prolifera (Retz.) Copel.
Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Ampelopteris elegans Kunze (taxonomic synonym)
- Dryopteris prolifera (Retz.) C.Chr. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Goniopteris prolifera (Retz.) C.Presl (nomenclatural synonym)
- Hemionitis prolifera Retz. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Meniscium proliferum (Retz.) Sw. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Phegopteris prolifera (Retz.) Christ (nomenclatural synonym)
- Thelypteris prolifera (Retz.) C.F.Reed (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Polypodium proliferum Kaulf. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2023 (10), Crowley_2007 (2), NTH_2023 (10), Nano_2011 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 35 records in 8 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 897.5 mm (20-5000 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 9.75 mm (5-18 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (1); truncate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); lobed_shallow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): fern (2); herb (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- seedbank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Nano_2011]
- serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Nano_2011]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (2); rhizome (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 4 m (4-4 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 8 | 10 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NTH_2023 | 8 | 10 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| Nano_2011 | 4 | 4 | C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 2 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |